Updated List of Rove Witnesses and Interviewees

[joemurphy]

Here's a new update of the Rove case's witnesses and interviewees:

The update was prompted by new revelations in the Washington Post and MSNBC. The WP reports confirm that John McLaughlin, Bill Harlow, Carl W. Ford, Jr. and an unnamed friend of Wilson's have testified before the grand jury. The WP reported that George Tenet had been interviewed but it was unclear if he had actually testified before the grand jury. The MSNBC report confirms that John Bolton testified before the grand jury.

This list is something I've put together from my Googling. If anyone has any additions or corrections, let me know. I'll post the list from time to time in the future as further information comes in.

Persons Reported to Have Testified before the Grand Jury:

John Bolton-Former Assistant Secretary of State and UN Ambassador nominee
Bill Harlow – Former CIA spokesman
John McLaughlin- Deputy CIA Director
Friend of Wilson’s (Name Unrevealed) - Met with Novak in the street
Carl Ford, Jr. –Director of State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Alberto Gonzales – Former White House Counsel and now Attorney General
Karl Rove – Deputy Chief of Staff in Charge of Policy for the President
I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby - Chief of Staff for the Vice-President
Colin Powell – Former Secretary of State
Karen Hughes – Senior White House Aide
Ari Fleischer – Former White House Press Secretary
Scott McClellan – Current White House Press Secretary
Claire Buchan – Deputy White House Press Secretary
Adam Levine – Former White House Communications Aide
Mary Matalin – Former Advisor to the Vice President
Tim Russert – Host of “Meet the Press” MSNBC
Matthew Cooper – Time Magazine
Walter Pincus – Washington Post
Andrea Mitchell – Reporter MSNBC

Persons Who Refuse to Say if They Have Testified before the Grand Jury:

Robert Novak – Reporter for the Chicago Tribune

Persons Subpoenaed to Testify before the Grand Jury but Refused to Testify:

Judith Miller – New York Times

Persons Interviewed by Patrick Fitzgerald (But Not under Oath)

George W. Bush – President of the United States
Richard Cheney – Vice-President of the United States

Persons Reportedly Interviewed by FBI and Who Also Testified before the Grand Jury:

Karl Rove - Bush's Former Senior Adviser and Present Chief of Staff
Scott McClellan – White House Press Secretary
Mary Matalin – Former Advisor to the Vice President
Adam Levine- Former White House Communications Aide
Ari Fleischer – Former White House Press Secretary
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby - Chief of Staff for the Vice-President

Persons Interviewed by the FBI but not known to have testified before the Grand Jury:

James Guckert a/k/a Jeff Gannon a/k/a "Bulldog" - Talon News
Dan Bartlett – White House Communications Director
Cathie Martin – Aide to the Vice-President.
George Tenet - Former CIA Director

Unconfirmed:

Andrew Card
Condoleezza Rice
Stephen Hadley
Joseph Wilson
Elliott Abrams
Michael Ledeen
David Wurmser
Richard Armitage

[BlueWolff]

1. Thanks for the list very interesting.

[chapel hill dem]

2. Any "target letters" involved? Is this public info?

A lawyer friend who deals with grand juries told me that "federal Guidelines" (rules? a set of laws?) require that before a person testifies before a GJ, they are told if they are a target of the investigation or just a witness. He also said that late in the game indictments of non-target witnesses are extremely rare (ham sandwich theory aside).

DU Lawyer comments, please.

[joemurphy]

4. Rove was reportedly told, early on in the investigation, that

he was NOT a target. Whether this is still true is conjectural.

I haven't seen any reports other than that as to who is a "target", a "subject", or a "witness" (the three categories employed by grand jury prosecutors to describe persons testifying).

Rove has reportedly testified on three (3) separate occasions before the grand jury and been interviewed by the FBI on two (2) occasions.

[chapel hill dem]

5. What is a "subject"?

I cannot remember if he used this word or I simply did not attach any significance to it.

My friend conjectures that the GJ is about "who authorized the trip to Niger" and the leaking of VP's name is incidental.

Thanks in advance!

[joemurphy]

6. The grand jury investigation is about who "leaked"

classified information to the press about the identity of a CIA agent, Joseph Wilson's wife.

It has been conclusively established that the CIA (and not Wilson's wife acting on her own authority - as maintained by Republican apologists) sent Wilson to Niger. The trip was authorized after inquiries were made to the CIA by Richard Cheney about rumors that Iraq was attempting to buy uranium from Niger.

A "target" is someone the prosecutor is seeking to have charged by the grand jury. A "subject" is someone whose testimony is being elicited as part of the investigation. A "subject" can become a "target" depending on what the investigation reveals. A "witness" is someone regarded as something less than a "subject" whose testimony is needed to obtain general information for investigatory purposes.

Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, has reportedly refused to say if Rove is a "subject".

[chapel hill dem]

8. This DU thread about a Newsweek article was what I was

thinking about in post #4. I imagine Isikoff has a dozen fact-checkers and editors on his case these days.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1649841

[alkaline9]

9. this could mean that...

... shrub and dick(head)cheney are the targets? Since they haven't officially testified. And even if charges aren't usually brought against those who have already testified this late in the game, perhaps perjury charges are still forthcoming?

Oh we can only HOPE!

[joemurphy]

13. Hope springs eternal! n/t

[Starfury]

3. Wow, talk about a rogue's gallery.... n/t

[Robbien]

7. Joseph Wilson is in the Unconfirmed Category?

Is that right? Didn't he testify two or three times?

[joemurphy]

12. I haven't been able to find any report that Wilson testified

before the grand jury. Rove testified three times. Are you thinking of him?

If you have a report that Wilson testified, let me know and I'll amend the list.

[Armstead]

10. Hmmmmmm, I don't like that "friend of Wilson's"...

who spoke with Novak on the street.

Could that be their out? A neighbor casually and accidently mentions to Novak that Wilson's wife is CIA. Novak then does what any reporter would do, and starts sniffing around. Mentions it to Rove, who "accidently" confirms it. etc.

"An unfortunate chain of events, but no one did anything bad intentionally." Nothing to see here. Move along.

I hope that prediction is wrong. But it would be consistent with what seems to be the pattern these days.

[jsamuel]

14. No, you got it wrong. Novak told the stranger, not the other way around.

[joemurphy]

15. No, it wasn't like that

The friend was mentioned in Wilson's book. On July 8, 2003, the friend saw Novak in the street in Washington. The friend approached him, introduced himself, and asked to chat with Novak as they walked in the same direction. The friend asked Novak about Wilson's recent article. Novak reportedly then told him that "Wilson's an asshole. His wife is with the CIA working on WMDs and she's the one that sent him to Niger."

[sundancekid]

11. nice work...we need to keep handy this list of players in the TREASON gate

nominated, and thanks for posting -- ah yes, the delicious players and program of conspiracy, obstruction, treason and BJ on America.